Car-coupling



(No Model.)

L. D. HOWE 8a G. M. GREEN.4

GAR GOUPLING. No. 309,463, Patented Deo. 16. 1884.

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SPECIFICATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,463, dated December 16, 1884.-.

Application filed August E), 1881i. (Noinodeh Z @ZZ wiz/0717, it '1m/,y concern:

Beit known that we, LYsroN D. Hows and Geenen M. GREEN, both residents of Streaior, in the county of La Salle and State ot' Illi nois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carlflouplings; and we do hereby. declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference bein g had to the accom panying drawings, which i'orin a part of this specitication, and in which-- Figure l is a bottom view oi' the ends ol' two railway-cars, showing our improved couplings in use. Fig. 2 is a front view of the car provided with the coupling, and Figs. S5 and 4L are detail views.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts in all the figures.

@ur invention has relation' to that class of car-couplings which havearrow-headed drawbars; and it consists in the improved con* struction and combination of parts of such a coupling, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the i'orward sill of a ear, upon which sill the bumpers B '5 are secured, one at each side of an aperture, Q, ilnfongh which the d raw-bar l) passes, and in which it slides. The drawebar is provided with an arrowfheml, E, the shoulders F of which are corrugated, and the inner end ot' the draw-bar isprovided upon its upper and under sides with two segmental .lugs or lips, (r, which bearagainstthe segmental forward ends, Il, of a stirrup l, between the ends of which sti rrup the inner end oi' the bar is pivoted to swing in a horizontal plane, thebolt J', upon which it ispivoted, being in the center ot' the segmental lips and of the segmental ends of the stirrup. Two crossplates, K K, are placed transversely in the ends of the stirrup, and a spring, L, is placed between the said plates, and the ends ot' the plates bear against two pairs of lips or shoulders, M M, secured upon the inner faces of the longitudinal beams N, between which the draw-bar is pivoted and slides in and out.

A bar, O, slides in transverse bearings at the outer ends of the said beams, and is provided with two upwardly-projecting lips, l), which clasp the draw-bar, and springs Q bear against the outer sides of the longitudinal beams and against projections upon the ends ot' the bar O, forcing it to resume its position when drawn to one side or another. Two bars, R l, are hinged to the ends of the bar O, and slide in suitable bearings under the car to the sides ot' the platform of the same, where two levers, S S, pivoted upon the sides of the car, are pivoted with their lower ends to the ends ofthe bars, while their upper ends are formed into handles for operating the levers. The upper handled arms ot these levers may be engaged by two shoulders, T T, facing in opposite directions, and projecting from the opposite sides ol" hails U, in which the handles ofthe levers are guided. Then one of the levers is tilted, the draw-head is thrown to one side, and will thus be disengaged from another draw-head, with which it may be engaged, having the shoulders bearing against each other, and Ait will be seen that as two cars are brought' toward each other the drawhcads will engage each other and hold each other coupled until one or both oi" the drawheads are forced to one side by means of one of the levers, when the cars will again be nncouplcd. v

\Ve are aware that it is not broadly new to have a pivoted arrow-headed draw-liar engaged by shoulders upon a transverse]y-sliding bar serving for the purpose oi engaging and disengaging the draw-heads, and we do not claim such construction, broadly; but

The combination of the arrow-headed drawbar having the segmental lips at its inner end, the stirrup having the segmental ends, and having the end of the draw-bar pivoted between its ends, the crossplates placed in the ends of the stirrup, the spring interposed between the plates, the shoulders projecting in pairs against the ends of the plates, the transversely-sliding bar having the lips clasping the draw-bar, and having the springs forcing it to both sides, the hars hinged to the ends of the transverse bar, the levers pivour'own we have hereunto afxed our Signa.- oted upon the Sides of the caigand pivoted at tures in presence of two Witnesses. their lower ends to the ends of the affolemen` T HOVE ioned bars, and the bails or staples having GREE l U n 5 tile oppositeIy-faelng shoulders upon. their sides, as and for the purpose shown and set NVitnesSes: forth. A. S. JACKSON, In testimony that We claim the foregoing as H. N. BYoN. 

